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Sedimentary Record of Impact Events in Spain Geological Society of America Special Paper 356 2002 Sedimentary record of impact events in Spain Enrique Dı´az-Martı´nez* Enrique Sanz-Rubio Jesu´s Martı´nez-Frı´as Centro de Astrobiologı´a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientı´ficas—Instituto Nacional de Te´cnica Aeroespacial, Carretera, Torrejo´n-Ajalvir kilo´metro 4, 28850 Torrejo´n de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain ABSTRACT A review of the evidence of meteorite-impact events in the sedimentary record of Spain reveals that the only proven impact-related bed is the clay layer at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (at Zumaya and Sopelana in the Bay of Biscay region, and at Caravaca, Agost, and Alamedilla in the Betic Cordilleras). Other deposits previously proposed as impact related can now be rejected, or are dubious and still debated. These include the Pelarda Formation, alleged to represent proximal ejecta from the Azuara structure; the Paleocene-Eocene boundary near Zumaya (western Pyrenees) and Alamedilla (Betic Cordillera); and the Arroyofrı´o Oolite Bed, which has been alleged as distal ejecta of an unknown Callovian-Oxfordian impact event. The scarcity of evidence for meteorite-impact events in the sedimentary record is possibly due to a lack of detailed studies. We propose several sedimentary units that could potentially be related to impact events, and where future research should focus. INTRODUCTION DISTAL RECORD OF IMPACT EVENTS The sedimentary record of Spain presents evidence for at The evidence from sedimentary units to be considered as least one impact event, as well as a number of units of potential distal impact ejecta may consist of geochemical anomalies of impact clastic origin (some of which are currently under inves- elements and isotopes (e.g., Ir, 187Os/188Os), the presence of tigation). In this chapter we summarize and review the infor- impact ejecta in the sediments (e.g., shocked minerals, micro- mation available about the sedimentary record of meteorite im- tektites, or spherules), or tsunami deposits (Montanari and Koe- pacts in Spain (Fig. 1), most of it published in Spanish journals. berl, 2000). Evidence for distal impact ejecta in the sedimentary In addition, we propose several stratigraphic units with poten- record of Spain has been proposed in relation with the Dogger- tial for future research. In this contribution we attempt (1) to Malm, Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T), and Paleocene-Eocene bring to the attention of the international community recent and boundaries, as discussed in the following. In brief, the only ongoing research relating to the sedimentary record of impact proven distal record of an impact event in Spain is found at the events in Spain, (2) to review the current knowledge and inter- K-T boundary. Studies of the Paleocene-Eocene extinction pretation of units previously proposed as related to impacts, and event in Spanish sections have shown major changes in pale- (3) to promote new research within selected units to evaluate oceanographic conditions, the causes of which are still debated, the possibility of an impact origin. but an impact origin remains only probable. Future work should *E-mail: [email protected] Dı´az-Martı´nez, E., Sanz-Rubio, E., and Martı´nez-Frı´as, J., 2002, Sedimentary record of impact events in Spain, in Koeberl, C., and MacLeod, K.G., eds., Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 356, p. 551–562. 551 552 E. Dı´az-Martı´nez, E. Sanz-Rubio, and J. Martı´nez-Frı´as spherules, and Fe-Mn Bacterial-fungal stromatolites. According to Sepkoski (1996), the Callovian-Oxfordian interstage bound- ary coincides with a Ͼ20% extinction of marine fossil genera. Relatively high levels of extinction percentages are reported throughout the Middle and Upper Jurassic, although no clearly defined peak can be identified (Sepkoski, 1996). In any case, these values are higher than the percentage of extinction coin- ciding with other known large impact events, such as the late Eocene Chesapeake and Popigai events. No proven impact structure or impact signatures have been found at or near the Middle-Upper Jurassic boundary anywhere in the world that could be related to a large impact event (Montanari and Koe- berl, 2000). Therefore, any evidence in the sedimentary record that is not unequivocal should be carefully considered before a cosmic origin is inferred. The unit studied by Mele´ndez et al. (1987) is known as the Arroyofrı´o Oolite Bed, a thin discontinuous bed at the top of the Chelva Formation and directly below the Ya´tova Forma- tion; both of these formations are shallow-marine carbonate units found at many sections throughout the eastern branch of the Iberian Range (Go´mez, 1979; Aurell and Mele´ndez, 1990). The Arroyofrı´o Oolite Bed is a condensed unit, Ͻ1 m thick, Figure 1. Localities mentioned in text: 1, Alamedilla; 2, Agost; 3, consisting of wackestone and packstone with iron oolites and Azuara and Le´cera; 4, Caravaca; 5, Nazare´; 6, Osinaga and Musquiz; bioclasts. Bioclasts include ammonites, planktonic foraminif- 7, Pozuel del Campo; 8, Ricla; 9, Sopelana; 10, Valdelacasa and Na- era, brachiopods, and belemnites, which were dated as mid- valpino; 11, Valverde del Camino; 12, Zumaya. Callovian to early Oxfordian by Ramajo et al. (2000). Workers in Spanish basins usually interpret the Arroyofrı´o Oolite Bed focus on high-resolution studies on marine stratigraphic sec- as a result of a series of punctuated subaerial exposure and tions comprising critical boundaries related to major biotic and/ transgressive events resulting in condensed carbonate sedimen- or climatic events (e.g., Triassic-Jurassic, Paleocene-Eocene, tation in a shallow-marine setting near local paleogeographic late Eocene). highs, under the influence of local currents and regional tectonic or tectono-eustatic controls (Aurell et al., 1990, 1994; Aurell, Middle-Upper Jurassic boundary 1991; Ramajo and Aurell, 1997; Ramajo et al., 2000). Mele´ndez et al. (1987) mentioned sedimentological and The Middle-Upper Jurassic boundary throughout many biostratigraphic evidence for hardground and hiatus develop- peri-Atlantic basins is associated with a stratigraphic gap span- ment, together with local (parautochthonous) resedimentation. ning at least the upper Callovian–lower Oxfordian interval Their studies revealed geochemical anomalies of certain sid- (three ammonite biozones), although, in places, the missing rec- erophile elements (Fe, Mn, Ni, Co). In some cases, Pt and Ir ord is much longer. On a regional scale, it is normally accepted were found in relatively high proportions. In our opinion, the Mn/Al (indicative of hydrothermal ם that a major tectono-eustatic event controlled this widespread high proportions of Fe stratigraphic boundary, usually including emersion and/or con- processes), in conjunction with the evidence for submarine cor- densed levels (Aurell, 1991; Aurell et al., 1994). These features rosion by acid waters, and the occasional presence of bacterial are recorded, among others, in the Lusitanian basin (west- stromatolites, point the geochemical anomalies being related to central Portugal), the Iberian, Catalonian, and Cantabrian basins shallow submarine hydrothermal vents and volcanic activity. (northeastern and northwestern Spain), Bourgogne and the Paris Based on the high concentration of Ni-Fe-rich spherules found basin (France), the Jura basin (Switzerland), and the Neuque´n at one locality (Ricla), Mele´ndez et al. (1987) interpreted the basin (Argentina). volcanic and hydrothermal activity as triggered by the impact The Dogger-Malm boundary at Ricla and Pozuel del of a cosmic body. In their interpretation, the other phenomena Campo (Iberian Range; Fig. 1) presents several features that recorded at the boundary represent the effects of such an im- were interpreted by Mele´ndez et al. (1987) as related to an pact. However, the evidence presented in favor of a cosmic impact event. This hypothesis was based on the presence of origin for the disconformity at the Middle-Upper Jurassic conspicuous geochemical anomalies (e.g., heavy metals and boundary in the Iberian Range is not unequivocal. Discussing platinum group elements [PGE]), volcanic and hydrothermal a recently discovered modern analogue for iron ooids and pi- activity, submarine corrosion, high concentration of iron-rich soids in a shallow-marine volcanic setting in Indonesia, Stures- Sedimentary record of impact events in Spain 553 son et al. (2000) demonstrated that iron ooids form by chemical marls and scarce turbiditic calcarenite beds rich in macrofora- precipitation of cryptocrystalline iron oxyhydroxides on avail- minifera (Usera et al., 2000). The K-T boundary is represented able grains on the seafloor, from seawater enriched with Fe, Al by a dark gray, 12-cm-thick clay layer that has a red-yellowish and Si. The enrichment can be the result of hydrothermal fluids, lamina, enriched in goethite and hematite, at the base (Usera et volcanic ash falling into shallow basins, or rapid weathering of al., 2000). This lamina contains impact evidence, such as spher- fresh volcanic rocks. More detailed research should be carried ules, isotopic changes, and anomalies of Ir, Co, Ni, Cr, and other out on the geochemistry of the spherules and PGE anomalies elements (Martı´nez-Ruı´z et al., 1992a, 1997). Fe-oxide spher- found within the Arroyofrı´o Oolite Bed before a possible cos- ules at Agost are more abundant than K-feldspar spherules, mic origin should be considered. some of the Fe-oxide spherules showing
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